On 21/11/2012 4:43 PM, Igor Cicimov wrote:
>>> On 21/11/2012 3:38 PM, "Phill Edwards" <philledwards at gmail.com> <mailto:philledwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21 November 2012 10:44, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> <mailto:philledwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The receiver is a MCE-receiver meaning that you'll need to tell your
> >>> Harmony remote that you want to control a Microsoft mediacenter PC.
> >>> You need to select something like
> >>> Component: "Computer/Mediacenter"
> >>> Manufacturer: "Microsoft"
> >>> Model: "Windows Media Center"
> >>>
> >>> ..in the Harmony configuration software. Afterwards you should be able
> >>> to run the "irw" command on your frontend, and see the keypresses when
> >>> you click on the Harmony remote.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks Kenni. That makes it sound very easy and I'll try it tonight.
> >>
> >> But don't I need to configure some lirc files as well - such as
> hardware.conf, lircd.conf etc? One thing I find confusing with these
> USB HID IR devices is what role lirc plays in getting them to work. Do
> I even need to run the lirc daemon or do I just shut it down - but if
> it's not running how does the machine manage to receive and process
> any of the IR signals?
> >>
> >> As you can see I'm very confused with this stuff. Lirc is confusing
> at the best of times!
> >
> >
> > Hmmm, clearly there's a lot more to getting this working than just
> programming the remote and it just working with "irw". I programmed
> the remote then pointed it at the ir receiver with irw running and
> nothing happened whatsoever. Also, I believe irw requires the lirc
> daemon to be running which surely means lircd.conf and harwdare.cconf
> (ubuntu) have to be running, doesn't it?
>> Yes. You set it to autostart in the lirc config file.
>> > What am I missing here?
>> You need to put your remote definition in the hardware file and each
> of the codes you obtained with irw for all the key press. This will
> map the ir signals to keys.
>> Last you need lircrc file in .mythtv to map the keys to actions in
> mythtv. You can do the same for mplayer, vlc etc.
>> Im on my way home now and i can send you my files as example if you want.
>>Mythbuntu will do all this for you. Start up the
mythbuntu-control-centre, select the receiver, and type of remote
(Windows Media Centre), check the "Generate dynamic button mappings",
and optionally the "Generate frontend restart mapping" and apply.